MIS and search engine rankings

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:57:11 +0100, Sally Thompson <me2 RemoveThis @privacy.net>
wrote:

>As one of the refugees from MIS, I am moving two domains which have been well
>ranked in the search engines. Will the fact that these sites have been out
>for two days at the end of September and then probably the same now affect
>the search engine results since they can't be spidered at the moment?
>

It is unlikely, though possible, that the search engine result
positioning for the domains will be affected.

More of concern is the potential customers who will have tried to
visit, found the sites unavailable, and will have gone to a
competitor.

I realise I am sounding boring, but years in this game showed me the
importance of reliability in a host.

If you're in business, surely you can afford to invest £60 a month on
a reliable web site?

Matt


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On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:49:30 +0100, Matt Probert wrote
(in article <45277769.7363203.RemoveThis@news.madasafish.com>):

> On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:57:11 +0100, Sally Thompson <me2.RemoveThis@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>> As one of the refugees from MIS, I am moving two domains which have been
>> well
>> ranked in the search engines. Will the fact that these sites have been out
>> for two days at the end of September and then probably the same now affect
>> the search engine results since they can't be spidered at the moment?
>>
>
> It is unlikely, though possible, that the search engine result
> positioning for the domains will be affected.

Thank you. One domain is running smoothly now on an alternative host, just
waiting for the other one to resolve.

> More of concern is the potential customers who will have tried to
> visit, found the sites unavailable, and will have gone to a
> competitor.

True - although one of the sites is for a church, which doesn't really have a
*competitor* although it is there very much to attract funding.

> I realise I am sounding boring, but years in this game showed me the
> importance of reliability in a host.

Yes, but you are probably talking about far larger sites than mine - and I
did actually think MIS was reliable, based (partly) on recommendations here
and elsewhere on usenet.

> If you're in business, surely you can afford to invest £60 a month on
> a reliable web site?

These are very small businesses, so the answer to that is *not really*. The
church one, for instance, I have done for free and donate the hosting for
free. I might not be so charitable <g> if it cost me £60 a month.

I'm not trying to argue with you - but I do feel there are times when an
inexpensive host is all that is needed. Inexpensive doesn't have to equate
with unreliable.

Thank you for the reply to my query.



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On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 12:59:37 +0100, Sally Thompson <me2.TakeThisOut@privacy.net>
wrote:

>> If you're in business, surely you can afford to invest £60 a month on
>> a reliable web site?
>
>These are very small businesses, so the answer to that is *not really*. The
>church one, for instance, I have done for free and donate the hosting for
>free. I might not be so charitable <g> if it cost me £60 a month.

Fair enough. A free site for a local church is not a business!

>
>I'm not trying to argue with you - but I do feel there are times when an
>inexpensive host is all that is needed. Inexpensive doesn't have to equate
>with unreliable.
>

Are you sure? Check through the archives. The last five years tell a
sorry tale of budget and affordable hosting plans which while cheap,
quickly proved a nightmare for the customers.

Which is not an issue for home pages, hobby sites, and local churches,
but definitely impacts on business.

Of course, there is always the exception that proves the rule, and
without doubt someone will jump in now to flame me about how they run
a multi-million interactive gambling and porn site from a $2 a month
shared hosting account. This is, after all, Usenet <g>

Matt


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Matt Probert <www DeleteThis @probertencyclopaedia.com> wrote in message:
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> On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:57:11 +0100, Sally Thompson <me2 DeleteThis @privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>> As one of the refugees from MIS, I am moving two domains which have
>> been well ranked in the search engines. Will the fact that these
>> sites have been out for two days at the end of September and then
>> probably the same now affect the search engine results since they
>> can't be spidered at the moment?
>>
>
> It is unlikely, though possible, that the search engine result
> positioning for the domains will be affected.

A couple of mine have already been affected.

>
> More of concern is the potential customers who will have tried to
> visit, found the sites unavailable, and will have gone to a
> competitor.
>
> I realise I am sounding boring, but years in this game showed me the
> importance of reliability in a host.
>
> If you're in business, surely you can afford to invest £60 a month on
> a reliable web site?
>
> Matt

For £60 a month, I could afford to rent space with 10 different budget
hosts.

Now that I have a backup and my commercial sites moved, I'm not feeling
quite so helpless. However my disappointment with MIS continues to grow.
This is a disaster for them.

Well, perhaps Mr. Tasso will benefit with a bargain acquisition now

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Sally Thompson wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:49:30 +0100, Matt Probert wrote
> (in article <45277769.7363203.DeleteThis@news.madasafish.com>):
>
>
>>On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:57:11 +0100, Sally Thompson <me2.DeleteThis@privacy.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>As one of the refugees from MIS, I am moving two domains which have been
>>>well
>>>ranked in the search engines. Will the fact that these sites have been out
>>>for two days at the end of September and then probably the same now affect
>>>the search engine results since they can't be spidered at the moment?
>>>
>>
>>It is unlikely, though possible, that the search engine result
>>positioning for the domains will be affected.
>
>
> Thank you. One domain is running smoothly now on an alternative host, just
> waiting for the other one to resolve.
>
>
>>More of concern is the potential customers who will have tried to
>>visit, found the sites unavailable, and will have gone to a
>>competitor.
>
>
> True - although one of the sites is for a church, which doesn't really have a
> *competitor* although it is there very much to attract funding.
>
>
>>I realise I am sounding boring, but years in this game showed me the
>>importance of reliability in a host.
>
>
> Yes, but you are probably talking about far larger sites than mine - and I
> did actually think MIS was reliable, based (partly) on recommendations here
> and elsewhere on usenet.
>
>
>>If you're in business, surely you can afford to invest £60 a month on
>>a reliable web site?
>
>
> These are very small businesses, so the answer to that is *not really*. The
> church one, for instance, I have done for free and donate the hosting for
> free. I might not be so charitable <g> if it cost me £60 a month.
>
> I'm not trying to argue with you - but I do feel there are times when an
> inexpensive host is all that is needed. Inexpensive doesn't have to equate
> with unreliable.
>
> Thank you for the reply to my query.
>
>
>

Well, that's where it *was* reliable, IMHO. However, I'm very happy
about one thing. I got a new customer last June and was considering
moving them to MIS. After some discussion, we decided a VPS was better,
even though it did cost more.

Boy am I glad now I did. This outage would have completely ruined my
credibility with a well paying customer.

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